Judicial Qualification Ratings Questioned by Harvard Study
Posted: May 5, 2014 Filed under: General | Tags: ABA judicial ratings, bar association judicial ratings, harvard center on american political studies, judicial candidate michele hagan, judicial ratings, rating judicial candidates, san diego county bar association judge ratings, san diego judge election 2014, san diego judicial candidates 2014 Leave a comment(1) women and minorities are more likely than whites and males to receive lower ratings even when controlled for education, experience and partisanship, (2) Ratings are a poor tool for predicting judicial performance (no difference whether rated highly qualified or not) (3) and, taken together, the findings of potential bias and questionable usefulness point to a broken rating system. Read New York Times article on judicial ratings, “How Not To Pick Judges”.
My thoughts…If we don’t let football players pick referees, why do we let attorneys pick judges? Conflict of interest, anyone?
And, if we don’t have a committee to “rate” the US President or other elected officials, why do we have bar associations and the ABA rating judicial candidates?
Simply my opinion, what say you?
Read post on 10 Things To Know About Judicial Elections.
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